The Cathedrals of England and Wales : their history, architecture, and associations ; with a series of Rembrandt plates and many illustrations in the text (1906)
London ; New York : Cassell · leaf 234
s not altogether fortunate in situation. It standsabout half-way down the slope which in earlier days was toppedby the castle of Rougemont—the castle of the red hill—andthus occupying shelving ground, and masked as it is on thesouth by houses and gardens, it is usually looked at slightly fromabove.… … THE CATHEDRAL, FROM THE NORTH-WEST. 204 CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND AND WALES. [EXETEB. massive Norman towers and by their peculiar position. For instead ofbeing at the western extremity, they stand at the point of junctionbetween nave and choir, forming, in fact, the transepts of the church.By this…
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